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Kathy tells me to keep my elbow high in the swim and Paul tells me to relax my arms when I'm climbing on the bike. Julz tells me to harden up generally and Phil reminds me not to ride on the white line in wet weather. There are so many people telling me what to do when I train that I don't even notice the pain!

Aaron- for my first marathon, I followed the FIRST plan. When running alone, I tended to use my target paces as a goal to beat, and raced myself every time. I was supposed to be doing speedwork and tempo runs, and I did those hard. A lot of long runs were with a friend who is much slower than I am, and I found these veeery slow runs very beneficial, as I was actually on my feet for much longer. But all in all, I'm very much a convert, not an experienced slow-running practitioner, and, although it's intrigued me for awhile, it's largely to do with Coach Paul making me do it!

Mike- don't forget that Phil also tells you to watch your mid-foot strike. It's really not fair to treat me as the bigger nerd!

Geez thanks Kate ... yet another voice in my head! I'm a converted mid foot striker now and a big toe push offerer. Not sure where I read that one but I think it's saved my calfs.

That's the great thing about reading so many blogs. You can take bits and pieces from everyone and some bits really make a difference ... like the 'run your slow runs slow!' ... others like 'don't worry about eating on a 70K ride, you'll be fine' I'll disregard!